# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pall-isolfsson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:56:55.383Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pall-isolfsson"
name: "Páll Ísólfsson"
slug: "pall-isolfsson"
description: "Páll Ísólfsson was an Icelandic organist, composer, pianist, conductor, and school director. He was one of the first Icelanders to study music abroad and is seen as one of the most influential Icelandic musicians in the first half of the twentieth century. Through his work as performer, composer, conductor, and the first director of the Reykjavík School of Music, he played a large part in creating a culture of Western classical music in Iceland."
tagline: "Icelandic composer, organist, composer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/P%C3%A1ll_%C3%8Ds%C3%B3lfsson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1893-10-12"
deathDate: "1974-11-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.86
  momentum:             9
  historical:           8.335025333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4689982/"
    handle:    "nm4689982"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1318468"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1ll_%C3%8Ds%C3%B3lfsson"
    title: "Páll Ísólfsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1ll_%C3%8Ds%C3%B3lfsson"
    title: "Páll Ísólfsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1ll_%C3%8Ds%C3%B3lfsson"
    title: "Páll Ísólfsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1ll_%C3%8Ds%C3%B3lfsson"
    title: "Páll Ísólfsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%98%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Паудль Исоульфссон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1ll_%C3%8Ds%C3%B3lfsson"
    title: "Páll Ísólfsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%86%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Паудль Ісоульфссон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7be2b6f6-a8f0-4b0a-8d10-7158e96c896c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16423851"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3053705"
    title: "Páll Ísólfsson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump